Quote:I think thats what he was getting at. As evidenced by his weaker deep ball and tons of shorter passes. People diss Teddy for throwing to open receivers because of scheme (which he controls BTW) but Bortles throws so many screens and slats its amazing. Bortles does occasionaly make a solid throw on the right side post going over the middle but beyond that his WRs are rarely asked to use the whole route tree. His entire offense is based around creating YAC with some read option mixed in.


Deep Comebacks , Dig routes over the middle where the WR breaks after 10+yards , double moves, pump and go , corner routes , back shoulder throws are NFL throws and Bortles isnt asked to do these nearly as much as Teddy and even Manziel. He primarily runs screens, slants and hitches with tons of 1 read stuff and staring down his first option.....sound familiar?

Out of the top 4 qbs Bortles had the highest % of passes in the 11-20 range. Teddh and Bortles both throw to the intermediate area very well.


He threw the same percentage of screen as manziel and about the average of all qbs. I've seen him make good back shoulder, dig routes, and a ton of skinny and regular posts. I think saying he primarily ran screens and slants is unfair. Most offenses are based around those type of throws and he didn't throw much more (%wise) than average qbs anyway.


And no he is the farthest thing from Gabbert. Bortles biggest strength was Gabberts biggest weakness. Moving in the pocket without being rattled. Saying he reminds you of Gabbert is frustrating and is not accurate at all.

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